How Much Do YOU "Gain" the Morning After Carb- Heavy or Salty Meals

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  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
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    I ate all of the salt and all of the carbs yesterday, and I'm up about 2.5 pounds today. Totally worth it.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,085 Member
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    I'm a 62-year-old 5'5" woman in maintenance in the lower 130s (lbs, not kgs ;) ). Up to two pounds jump is routine. Three is not rare. Five can happen, but I think it requires overeating (but it can be gone in about a week, with no extreme compensatory deficits involved). I've posted a couple of times with case stories about scale weirdness.

    Recently my weight dropped 6.2 pounds overnight after a couple of days' climb: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10679961/this-never-happened-before-fun-with-weight-fluctuations

    Longer ago, I posted about the results of a weekend of extreme overeating:
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10603949/big-overfeed-ruins-everything-nope

    I think fluctuations are kind of fun and interesting.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,224 Member
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    My highest carb days are also typically my long run days. The majority of my water weight is from the carbs, but some is also from the run (16-22 miles). My scale is usually up 5-9 pounds the following day. Occasionally, it’s over 10 and my scale doesn’t recognize me.

    I was in AZ for 2 1/2 weeks earlier this year and was up 18lbs when I came back (plane flights also cause me to retain water, never mind all the garbage I ate).

    I seem to be extra sensitive to water weight fluctuations but the water goes away and eventually my weight is right where I would expect it to be based on how many calories I consumed.
  • shiflettsgirl2013
    shiflettsgirl2013 Posts: 4 Member
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    Same exact thing happens to me. If I eat any carb (bread, pasta, rice, etc) the next day I’m up 1-3lbs. Yesterday I was at 164.8 and this evening I’m at 166.0. It will take a couple of days to lose it. Today was because I ate two small slices of pizza instead of my normal protein and veggie lunch.
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    I gain anywhere from 1 to 5lbs if I have a beer the evening before. Not so much with salt, as I have a fairly high salt diet.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    I was up 4.8 pounds this morning after a high-calorie, high-sodium day yesterday, while outdoors in 100+ heat all afternoon/evening. Not worried in the least - been there plenty of times and know it will work its way off in a couple/few days like it always does.
  • counting_kilojoules
    counting_kilojoules Posts: 170 Member
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    I rarely fluctuate but when I do I can't really pinpoint a reason. It always seems to take ages to come off when it's a spike upward so I'm always left unsure whether I've managed to put on fat or water weight. In the end it doesn't really matter as long as I end up in the right place.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,464 Member
    edited July 2018
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    Well, I gained 3.5 lbs today, after chips and cookies at a family reunion yesterday.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    edited July 2018
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    buffinlovin wrote: »
    nooshi713 wrote: »
    5 lbs. And it takes a week or two to come off.

    This is me too :D and it always seems to happen right after I hit a new low (I hit 213lbs on saturday, after eating maybe 100 calories over maintenance yesterday I woke up to 217lbs this morning)

    It seems to last a bit too long to be water weight. I dont get it. It could be a 500 calorie restaurant meal that puts me up that high. We are not alone though.

    I agree with whoever said they are heavier after lifting weights. I noticed that too but thought one couldnt really build muscle in a calorie deficit so assume it is just water also.
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,468 Member
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    I think a gain from lifting or heavy excersize is also water weight, its the muscles inflamation required for repair. There could also be the aspect that if you are cutting a lot of calories and lefting or excersizing heavily then inflammation has less likely the energy to set in.
  • swimmchick87
    swimmchick87 Posts: 458 Member
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    Unless I've just gone crazy all day long, no more than 1-2 pounds. I actually find the biggest cause of "artificial gain" for me is lack of sleep. I struggle with insomnia, and having to be at work at 7:15 AM doesn't help. On the nights I sleep very little or not at all, I can literally weigh up to 4-5 more pounds in the morning.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
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    ~3 pounds and it usually comes back off within 4 days (I weigh every other day).
  • marysabetournay
    marysabetournay Posts: 69 Member
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    I put on 3-4 lbs every month because of hormones...am 52 and peri-menopausal so i`m blaming it on that!! After a few weeks (2-3) it goes away and I lose an extra 1lbs or so...so as you can see, my weight loss is very sloowwww....up 3-4 lbs, down 4-5 lbs
  • jillstreett
    jillstreett Posts: 69 Member
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    swimmchick87 wrote: »
    Unless I've just gone crazy all day long, no more than 1-2 pounds. I actually find the biggest cause of "artificial gain" for me is lack of sleep. I struggle with insomnia, and having to be at work at 7:15 AM doesn't help. On the nights I sleep very little or not at all, I can literally weigh up to 4-5 more pounds in the morning.

    Sleep is a BIG one for me too. If I sleep like crap or go to bed late I definitely have an unexpected high number on the scale the next morning.

    Same with other posters, I usually see that extra drop beyond the loss of the water retention too. I think now that I am nearing my goal weight (145lbs is goal and I am 5'6") as history has proved for most of us, the water weight and beyond will probably come off but just a bit slower. Darn you last 10 pounds!
  • Jackie9003
    Jackie9003 Posts: 1,106 Member
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    marysabetournay wrote: »
    I put on 3-4 lbs every month because of hormones...am 52 and peri-menopausal so i`m blaming it on that!! After a few weeks (2-3) it goes away and I lose an extra 1lbs or so...so as you can see, my weight loss is very sloowwww....up 3-4 lbs, down 4-5 lbs

    I weigh daily with an app and I find this too, I'll gain 2-3lbs overnight but then it, and a bit more, comes off again slowly over the next week or so with a bigger drop just before TOM. I've started to look at monthly figures now as weekly ones make no sense.
  • happytree923
    happytree923 Posts: 463 Member
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    My strategy is to eat high carb and high salt always, so I never see these fluctuations!
  • maybebeccadough
    maybebeccadough Posts: 49 Member
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    My diet is predominantly carbs, so I don't really have a spike with that.

    If I eat higher quantity, or much saltier without drinking enough water, the scale will usually show 1-2lbs the next day.
  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
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    I often lose weight after a day like that, and look visibly slimmer. Guess it's something to do with dehydration...

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